Pediatric anesthesia & critical care

Impact of the Magnitude and Timing of Fluid Overload on Outcomes in Critically Ill Children: A Report From the Multicenter International Assessment of Worldwide Acute Kidney Injury, Renal Angina, and Epidemiology (AWARE) Study

Crit Care MedPublished Prospective cohort study

Authors' conclusion

This study found that mild-to-moderate FO as early as at the end of ICU Day1 is associated with adverse outcomes.

Study context

Population
Children and young adults admitted consecutively to pediatric ICUs (AWARE study)
Participants
5,079 children
Exposure
Fluid overload (FO) ≥ 5% and FO ≥ 10% at end of ICU days 1 and 2
  • FO ≥ 5%Day1n = 1,753
  • FO ≥ 10%Day1n = 537
  • FO ≥ 5%Day2n = 1,539
  • FO ≥ 10%Day2n = 724
Outcome
Frequency of FO thresholds
Methodological detailsmulticentre, international, 32 pediatric ICUs
  • Multicentre
  • International
  • 32 pediatric ICUs

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.

Original publication

Impact of the Magnitude and Timing of Fluid Overload on Outcomes in Critically Ill Children: A Report From the Multicenter International Assessment of Worldwide Acute Kidney Injury, Renal Angina, and Epidemiology (AWARE) Study. Crit Care Med. Published 17 February 2023. doi:10.1097/ccm.0000000000005791

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